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Judge worries Apple misused court submissions to ‘pressure’ Epic Games overseas
A judge overseeing a landmark competition case against Apple and Google has questioned whether Apple’s US lawyers wrongly used court submissions in Australia to put pressure on Epic Games in Europe and justify temporarily removing its developer account. 
Google offered Epic Games $200M to avoid competition with Play Store, court told
Google offered Fortnite creator Epic Games $200 million and proposed to acquire equity in the company to prevent it from opening its own app store with exclusive content that could compete with the search giant's Play Store, a court has heard.
King & Wood Mallesons settles negligence lawsuit by Halifax
King & Wood Mallesons has settled a lawsuit by defunct stockbroker Halifax Investment Services alleging the firm and former auditor Bentleys failed to advise that it had to hold client funds used to trade on its online platform on trust.
Google chokes Play Store competition with technical restraints, Fortnite maker tells court
Google is nearing "monopoly levels" with its exploitation of the Android brand to prevent other app stores from competing with its Play Store, the maker of the Fortnite video game has said in a landmark competition trial.
Apple CEO called App Store an ‘economic miracle’, court hears in Epic Games trial
Apple has made exceptional profits skimming a 30 per cent commission from sales on its app store, dubbed by the tech giant's CEO an "economic miracle", Epic Games has said on the first day of trial in a landmark competition case.
Carriage fight on the cards as third IC Markets class action filed
A third law firm has filed a class action against International Capital Markets, after failing to reach an agreement on joining forces with two other firms that have agreed to consolidate their competing class actions against the Sydney broker over risky contracts for difference.
Epic Games trial could shake up how Google, Apple run app stores
An Australian court will get a chance to weigh in on whether Apple and Google violated their dominant position in the app marketplace by requiring developers to use their payment systems or face a 30 per cent fee, when trial kicks off Monday in Fortnite game maker Epic Games' case and two related class actions against the tech giants.
Bloomex hit with $1M penalty for misleading star ratings, discounts
Online florist Bloomex has been slapped with a $1 million penalty for "serious" misleading representations about its discounts and star ratings system.
Law firms to join forces in class actions over risky CFDs
A carriage fight may be avoided in a class action against Sydney broker International Capital Markets over risky contracts for difference after two law firms agreed to consolidate their cases.
‘It’s as if court dates just grow on trees’: Judge slams parties in cosmetic surgery class action
A judge has railed against the parties in a class action against Sydney-based plastic surgeon Daniel Lanzer and four of his associates for “repeated failure to comply with court orders” in the two-year-old case.